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More shocking portraits of robot abuse

Over at the German Aerospace Center, humans and robots enter into combat pretty regularly. This time, they’re testing out a robotic arm to see if it responds to abuse the same way a human arm does. Over at IEEE’s Automoton blog, Erica Guizzo explains: It’s called the DLR Hand Arm System. It has an anthropomorphic…

io9 Annalee Newitz

When science proves the painfully obvious

Scientists need to study every assumption, gathering data to back up what most people think of as ‘common sense’. Sometimes this data upsets conventional wisdom. Other times? Not so much. Outside of movies, comics, and CSI, scientists generally have a tough life. Yes, they get to study a subject they love, but they also have…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Home again, home again, in so many ways: Isaac Asimov’s Foundation and Earth

Having determined the fate of the galaxy, our intrepid space travelers move on to the next task at hand — finding the long-lost planet where humanity was born. It’s a strange trip into yesteryear, in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation and Earth. Blogging the Hugos presents day five of Foundation Week, in which we dive into Foundation…

Books & Comics Josh Wimmer and Alasdair Wilkins

Handy flowchart helps you decide which science fiction series to watch next on Netflix

What should you watch next? This helpful chart of all the scifi and fantasy series available on Netflix will save you from the summer’s endless loop of reality TV dancing shows. Horror, space operas, UK, anthologies — it’s all here! Click on the chart to enlarge, or right-click and choose “open in new tab.” [Created…

Television Meredith Woerner

First Guns-Blazing Shot of Bruce Willis in Rian Johnson’s Looper

Bruce Willis means business, in the first image from Looper, the time-traveling noir adventure from Brick director Rian Johnson. You can see the full-size image over at Empire, along with a brief description of some footage they saw at Cannes. https://gizmodo.com/rian-johnsons-looper-is-the-futuristic-noir-movie-weve-5693692

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

How philosophy explains why Steven Moffat’s monsters are seriously fucking scary

Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has created some of the series’ most frightening monsters, including the Weeping Angel aliens in “Blink” who creep up when you glance away. This season, the Edvard Munch-inspired aliens called The Silence have a strange but potent superpower: the instant they leave the frame of your vision, you forget they…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Skids and Mudflap Still in Transformers 3? UPDATE

Back in May of 2010, Transformers director Michael Bay wrote that the offensive creatures Skids and Mudflaps would not be in Transformers 3. Then why were they on the T3 set? Now updated with an answer! No one has forgotten the horrific racial caricatures from Transformers 2, in the shape of Transformer twins Skids and…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Big Bang: Proof That Not Everybody Can Be Tarantino

Some movies just want to blow shit up and feed you cheesy one-liners, plus the occasional bit of eye-candy. And then there are movies that really want to be clever and meaningful. When a clever movie fails, it fails harder. Like the “nerd noir” movie The Big Bang, which hits select theaters and cable on-demand…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Vampires and Vampire Hunters: All the Coolest Fan Art and Cosplay!

Vampires! Is there anything sexier or more alluring? With Priest coming out tonight, and Vampire Diaries’ brain-shattering season finale still fresh in our minds, we had to celebrate all things vampiric. So we’ve collected a gallery of our favorite fan art and cosplay of vampires and vampire-slayers — from Buffy to Vlad the Impaler. Check…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta and Charlie Jane Anders

Fright Night Trailer makes vampires scary again!

Watch the first trailer for the rebooted vampire staple Fright Night. So far we’re already seeing great upgrades (vampire Jerry locks ladies in his creepy prison) and a few nods to the original: the apple and the club seduction scene. Spoilers ahead… We don’t need our vampires to go full blown 30 Days of Night…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Another reason why cuttlefish are masters of disguise

Cuttlefish — by far the coolest of the cephalopods — are brilliant at camouflage, to the point where they’ll actually use their hands and body orientation to mimic objects around them. For the first time, we know that they are relying on visual cues to do so. Cuttlefish, like many animals, adjust their body’s pose…

io9 Tim Barribeau

That dread you’re feeling is called paraskevidekatriaphobia

Do you fear Friday the 13th? Well, you’d better stay inside today and nurse your paraskevidekatriaphobia, which is the official term – derived from Greek – meaning “fear of Friday and thirteen.” Apparently the phobia was originally called friggatriskaidekaphobia, but that pissed off language nerds because it combined a Norse root (frigga, for Friday) with…

io9 Annalee Newitz

A New Star Trek Animated Series Coming to Television?

We’re huge fans of Star Trek: The Animated Series, which brought back the Original Series cast and writers and included some surprisingly great stories. So it’s good news that Roberto Orci tweeted that a new animated Trek could be materializing. Let’s just hope Lieutenant M’Ress, the awesome cat woman, makes a long-delayed reappearance. Rrrrowrr. [via…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Megan Ellison Wins the Terminator Movie Rights!

Indie film producer Megan Ellison has just bought the rights to the Terminator franchise. Annapurna Pictures (Ellison’s company) will team up with director Justin Lin and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Rumor has it they can make “at least two more” Terminator films, wrapping up the saga of Skynet, before the rights revert to James Cameron. [Deadline] https://gizmodo.com/can-indie-film-financier-megan-ellison-save-the-termina-5801274

io9 Meredith Woerner

Syfy explains to fans why Stargate Universe couldn’t go on

Every since the announcement that Syfy was canceling Stargate Universe, the fans have been mighty pissed. And Syfy isn’t taking it lying down any longer. In a letter to Stargate fans everywhere the studio explains why SGU had to go. Craig Engler, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Syfy Digital, penned a letter over…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Yuen Woo-Ping’s True Legend: Pure Old-School Awesomeness

Remember what Chinese martial-arts movies used to be like, before Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Hero? The no-holds-barred action, the over-the-top storytelling? The Daoist laughter? Yuen Woo-Ping sure seems to. His new movie True Legend is pure old-school awesomeness. Yuen, of course, is the guy who did the stunts for The Matrix and countless other…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

How physics will make earphones less painful

As most people know, a few hours of having an ear bud in their ear leaves them sore and unable to listen any longer. Scientists have figured out what happens during ‘listener fatique,’ and designed pump-action ear buds that can solve the problem. Find out how you can rock and roll all night, and party…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

I am sorry you have to live in the time of terraforming, and not in the spring that follows

It was what she always said, late at night, when the environment-makers moaned and the distant cliffs ran with magma. We were the first generation, doomed to live before the history of this planet began. I am sorry you have to live in the time of terraforming, and not in the spring that follows. She…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Why the world will end on May 21

Over at Salon, there’s a great article by Peter Finocchiaro about all those mysterious billboards and ads online about how the world is going to end on May 21 – a week from tomorrow. Apparently, they’re the work of a splinter group of Christians who follow Harold Camping. Though decades ago Camping incorrectly identified 1994…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Add sugar to your antibiotics and crush superbugs

Doctors may be able to kill off persistent staph infections using a cheap and easy method. A little boost of sugar can help kill the type of bacteria that regular antibiotics miss. Many patients are plagued with recurrent infections, especially if they’re in a hospital. Despite precautions like hand-washing and sterile instruments, infection rates in…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

More shocking portraits of robot abuse

When science proves the painfully obvious

Home again, home again, in so many ways: Isaac Asimov’s Foundation and Earth

Handy flowchart helps you decide which science fiction series to watch next on Netflix

First Guns-Blazing Shot of Bruce Willis in Rian Johnson’s Looper

How philosophy explains why Steven Moffat’s monsters are seriously fucking scary

Skids and Mudflap Still in Transformers 3? UPDATE

The Big Bang: Proof That Not Everybody Can Be Tarantino

Vampires and Vampire Hunters: All the Coolest Fan Art and Cosplay!

Fright Night Trailer makes vampires scary again!

Another reason why cuttlefish are masters of disguise

That dread you’re feeling is called paraskevidekatriaphobia

A New Star Trek Animated Series Coming to Television?

Megan Ellison Wins the Terminator Movie Rights!

Syfy explains to fans why Stargate Universe couldn’t go on

Yuen Woo-Ping’s True Legend: Pure Old-School Awesomeness

How physics will make earphones less painful

I am sorry you have to live in the time of terraforming, and not in the spring that follows

Why the world will end on May 21

Add sugar to your antibiotics and crush superbugs

Up to $1,550 Off on pCloud: Pay Once, Protect Data Forever for World Backup Day

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

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Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

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